Michael R Hamblin Ph.D. is a Principal Investigator at Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. He has interests in photodynamic therapy and photobiomodulation. He has published 420 peer-reviewed articles, is Editor-in-Chief of Photobiomodulation, Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, Associate Editor for 10 other journals and serves on NIH Study-Sections. He has an h-factor 91 and >33,000 citations. He has authored/edited 23 textbooks on PDT and photomedicine including SPIE proceedings. Dr Hamblin was elected as a Fellow of SPIE in 2011, received 1st Endre Mester Lifetime Achievement Award Photomedicine from NAALT in 2017, and Outstanding Career Award from Dose Response Society in 2018.